Search Tips

What is Guided Navigation?

Guided navigation is the ability to add and remove keywords and categorizations of items to filter your results. As you add these filters,
they appear in the breadcrumb trail above the search results. You can remove any filter from the breadcrumb trail at any time.

How do I start my search?

Start your search as you've always done. From the home page, catalog home page, or search page, you can select a keyword
and choose a coin type such as "Nickels" or "Barber Half Dollars", and then click "Search". Much of the time, this will be all you need!

How do I narrow my search?

You can add a filter in the left column, such as "Category", "Current Bid Range", "Reserve Status", "Grade Range", and so on. Each time
you make such a selection, the listing of results will become smaller, showing only those items that meet all the criteria you have selected.
You can also enter one or more keywords, such as "Rolex", if that will help your search. Sometimes a new selection will open up new sub-selection
possibilities; for instance, once you choose to look for a poster graded between Fine and Very Fine, you can then narrow your search to a single grade.

How do I expand my search?

You can add or drop fields or keywords from your results at any time. Above the listing of results is a complete list of the filters you
have selected. Click on any filter to remove it, and the page will refresh to show all items matching the new broader specifications.

I don't see the category (filter) I am looking for in the Guided Navigation?

The guided navigation section only lists things that contain results. For example, if you are already looking at wristwatches, then the
category filter will not show "Timepieces" because all of the selections are timepieces. To expand your list of categories, remove the
grade filter from your breadcrumb trail by clicking on it.

Targeting Your Search

Using "quotes" around your search phrase can help narrow the results to exactly what you are interested in. A search for gold bracelet without quotes
will return all results that contain both "gold" and "bracelet", in any order. A search for "gold bracelet" in quotes returns all results with the exact
phrase gold bracelet, in that order.

Try your search first without any search words in the optional search box, then narrow it down.

This will produce more items, and once you see how the items are listed, you can narrow your search results with more accurate words.

Search ALL or search by Category?

If you're looking for only estate jewelry, by all means choose "estate jewelry" from the drop-down list.
If you're searching for items that span multiple categories, choose ALL from the drop-down.

Search just auctions, or just inventory, or both?

The search from our home page covers everything we have to offer, whether in auction or inventory. Try that first. If you aren't interested in auctions,
click the SALES tab above to access items only in our multi-million-dollar inventory. To locate items only in our current auctions, click the AUCTIONS tab above.

Think of the one search word that best describes the item you are looking for and search for that.

Maybe it's a manufacturer (Rolex), a name (like McQueen), or a or a year (1972). Perhaps you know the model number (992 B) — use that as well.

When using more than one search word, try using "OR" and "NOT".

When you use multiple words, the search engines will try to find items with all of those words in the description. Try using "OR" and "NOT".
If you're interested in both diamonds and sapphires, you can enter "diamonds OR sapphires". This would limit your search to just items with either
of those two terms in the description. Or, if you are interested in Bulova watches that are not 14k gold, you can enter "Bulova NOT 14k".

Avoid punctuation marks unless required.

Don't use commas, periods, dashes, etc., unless required — such as in a term like multi-stone.

Still Can't Find What You're Looking For?

Perhaps we don't have the item you are looking for now, but chances are we will soon. Add the particular item(s) you are looking for to our
"MyWantList" and you'll be notified as soon as it/they become available. If you would like further assistance,
please don't hesitate to contact us.